Weight is the force generated by the gravitational attraction on the rocket. We are more familiar with weight than with the other forces acting on a rocket, because each of us have our own weight which we can measure every morning on the bathroom scale. We know when one thing is heavy and when another thing is light.
Bedroom farce. For the Alan Ayckbourn play, see Bedroom Farce (play). A bedroom farce or sex farce is a type of light comedy, centered on the sexual pairings and recombinations of characters as they move through improbable plots and slamming doors. The bedroom farce is perhaps the most common form of farce.
Poster for a production of Boucicault's farce Contempt of Court, c. 1879. From the Library of Congress. In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable. Farce is also characterized by physical humor, the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense, and broadly stylized performances.